Ernest HOLYOAK MID

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HOLYOAK, Ernest

Service Number:	1944
Enlisted:	6 June 1915
Last Rank:	Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Mooloolah, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	2 February 1950, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

6 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1944, 19th Infantry Battalion
21 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1944, 18th Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1944, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1944, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
15 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 18th Infantry Battalion
8 Sep 1917:	Promoted Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 18th Infantry Battalion
16 Mar 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
20 May 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 18th Infantry Battalion
3 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 1944, 18th Infantry Battalion

Diary Entries

1917-03-21
"I had the privilege of seeing the Prince Frederich of Prussia brought down in his aeroplane this afternoon. When the machine hit the ground he tried to run away, but our fellows were too smart and put their bullets through him. He is not expected to live."

1917-04-25
"It is Anzac day again. And I think of how many brave boys lost their lives ... two years today on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

1917-09-25
"Well it is my birthday today and I have a very unthankful job & that is going through the packs of deceased men & wounded men's packs and sending on the personal effects to the base."

1918-05-15
"I had some very narrow escapes from being wounded or injured. A couple of shells fell very close to us, and we were nearly gassed by the fumes from it, and when nearing our journey's end one of our own guns fired and frightened the horses I was thrown out on to the road & the horses in the back wagon just about on top of me.

1918-08-29
"Battalion engaged in a battle, and Fritz going for his life."

1918-09-04
"I take the rations up to company at Feuillères and there is a battle raging. I sit down and watch the cavalry make the attempts but failed each time as machine gun fire is very severe indeed and we see in the distance the 3rd Division coming down the slope & making towards the village Cléry, which must be taken at all costs by nightfall."

1918-09-06
"Mont Saint Quentin is captured by the 5th Brigade."

1918-10-03
"Our battalion hopped over the bags this morning and gained all objectives, with 5 officers & 60 other men as casualties, and we see batches of prisoners keep coming down and we see thousands of cavalry moving forward."

1918-11-11
"We were overjoyed at receiving the news that the Armistice was signed. We can hardly realise it to be correct. We marched down to a flag staff and hailed the good old flag & saluted the same."

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